I am a sedimentary geologist working on a PhD project investigating time scales of peat deposition in ancient terrestrial environments. Specifically, I work on Paleocene records of coal-bearing fluvio-deltaic sediments, in the Williston Basin (USA). I investigate allogenic forcing on these systems by using sedimentology and integrated stratigraphy.
I did my BSc and MSc at Utrecht University. For my MSc work, I worked on the Miocene-Pliocene transition in Sicily (van Dijk et al., 2023; Rodríguez-Tovar et al, 2023; Maars et al., 2023). During my BSc, I worked on magnetostratigraphic correlation of Miocene cores in the Pannonian Basin (Kelder et al., 2018).
Main peer-reviewed publications:
1. Van Dijk, G., Maars, J., Andreetto, F., Hernández‐Molina, F.J., Rodríguez‐Tovar, F.J. and Krijgsman, W., 2023. A terminal Messinian flooding of the Mediterranean evidenced by contouritic deposits on Sicily. Sedimentology.
2. Rodríguez‐Tovar, F.J. Van Dijk, G., Maars, J., Andreetto, F., Hernández‐Molina, F.J. and Krijgsman, W., 2023. Ichnological analysis of the Messinian-Zanclean (Miocene-Pliocene) transition at Eraclea Minoa (Sicily): tracemaker response to the Terminal Messinian Flood. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.
3. Maars, J., Van Dijk, G., Andreetto, F., Hernández‐Molina, F.J., Rodríguez‐Tovar, F.J. and Krijgsman, W., 2023. Paleocurrent analysis from two-dimensional trough cross-strata using photographs and anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility. The Depositional Record. In review
4. Kelder, N. A., Sant, K., Dekkers, M. J., Magyar, I., van Dijk, G. A., Lathouwers, Y. Z., et al. (2018). Paleomagnetism in Lake Pannon: Problems, pitfalls, and progress in using iron sulfides for magnetostratigraphy. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems.
Popular articles:
1. Van Dijk, Gijs, 2023. Toen de Middellandse Zee volliep, Geo.brief
2. Van Dijk, Gijs, 2017. Op zoek naar een oude zee, geografie.nl (https://geografie.nl/artikel/op-zoek-naar-een-oude-zee)
